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MEN I affects?

(Wermer's syndrome)
parathyroid glands (75%)
anterior pituitary (50%)
enteropancreatic neuroendocrine system (35%)
MEN IIa affects?
Sipple syndrome
medullary thyroid carcinoma (100%)
pheo (40%) (usually B/L, occ. malignant)
hyperparathyroidism (60%) (usually hyperplasia- also adenoma)
MEN IIb
medullary thyroid carcinoma
pheo (usually B/L)
multiple mucocutaneous neuromas, marfanoid habitus
(usually by age 20)
MEN IIb mucosal neuroma presentation
hypertrophied lips, thickened eyelids
MEN- surgical treatments
MEN I and IIa: subtotal or total parathyroidectomy with autotransplantation
total thyroidectomy for medullary thyroid CA, possible nodal dissection
Thyroid embryology
develops at base of tongue between 1st pair of pharyngeal pouches, in area called foramen cecum; descends down midline to final location overlying thyroid cartilage, dev. into bilobed organ w/ ishtmus between lobes. occ. thyroglossal cyst left; pyramidal lobe in 50-80% of pop., extends superiorly from isthmus
hypercalcemic crisis Tx:
saline, furosemide, bisphosphonates, and antiarrythmics PRN.
parathyroid CA s/Sx:
40-50% present with firm, fixed mass that is palpable.
high Ca, PTH, HCG levels.
Neck pain, voice change